长期以来,贫困一直被理解为一种一维概念,即根据一个人维持基本生计所需的最低收入或消费水平(贫困线)作为判断其是否贫困的标准,也即经济上的贫困。这种测量方法可以追溯到20世纪初期的英国。尽管许多国家不同时期都存在过范围较大、程度较深的贫困现象,却一直没有人尝试对贫困的程度进行计算,直到20世纪初期,英国人查尔斯·布斯(Charles Booth)才试图划分界线以区分家庭收入是否足 For a long time, poverty has always been understood as a one-dimensional concept of using the lowest income or level of consumption (poverty line) a person needs for maintaining basic livelihood as a criterion for determining whether he or she is poor, or as economic poverty. This measurement can be traced back to the early 20th century Britain. Although in many countries there have been a wide range and deeper levels of poverty at different times, no attempt has been made to calculate the extent of poverty until the early 1900s, when Brit B Charles Booth attempted to demarcate the line To distinguish between family income is enough